Re: But, but
> The old thuppence and the new quid probably do have the same relative buying power ...
You beat me to it, it's probably a sign of the amount of inflation over those years. Thinking back at what I could buy with thruppence, it was less than I can buy with a quid now - so not quite equivalent, but also not that far off ! And at the local flicks, they are showing some retro adverts - the one relevant to this is for Fry's Chocolate Cream which was clearly "1/-" (ie 4 thruppences) on the paper sleeve in the ad, but's its less than 4 quid now.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
